Blackcheek Surgeonfish

Acanthurus tristis Randall, 1993

Also calledChirurgien mime (fra) · Cirurgião-mimico-indiano (por) · Indischer Mimikry-Doktorfisch (deu) · Peix cirurgià imitador indi (cat) · Pesce chirurgo cioccolata indiano (ita) · Pesce chirurgo imitatore indiano (ita) · Pesce chirurgo mimetico indiano (ita) · Pesce chirurgo mimo indiano (ita) · Pez Cirujano Mímico del Océano Índico (spa) · bodlok indický (ces) · Imitator-kirurgfisk (dan)

First described in: Randall, J. E. (1993). Acanthurus tristis, a valid Indian Ocean surgeonfish (Perciformes: Acanthuridae). <em>The J.L.B Smith Institute of Ichthyology Special Publication.</em> 54: 1-8.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.